Excellence in Learning, Character & Community: 
Lovett's Strategic Plan for 2007-2011








ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2006, The Lovett School Board of Trustees voted unanimously in favor of our new Strategic Plan. The plan--two years in the making--charts an exciting future for the Lovett community.

A steering committee of trustees and staff first met to discuss the blueprints for the plan in the fall of 2004. After developing the process, an all-day retreat that yielded eight committees, known as Strategic Leadership Teams (SLTs), was held to examine the key issues facing our school.

The SLTs recruited members from the Lovett community and the Atlanta community at large. A Headmaster's Advisory Committee was formed as well; this group gave guidance to the overall planning process. After several months of meetings, data gathering, surveys, focus groups, and interviews, each team submitted its vision statements, goals, and strategies. These recommendations were then incorporated into broad themes that crossed committee lines and formed the foundation for Lovett's new Strategic Plan.

Now, in 2007, the SLTs' final recommendations have come together to form the comprehensive Strategic Plan for Lovett's next five years.

I was overwhelmed by the support of our community and our board leadership in this process, but most of all by the support of our professional and caring faculty. They are the ultimate key to the Lovett promise, and I am pleased our plan acknowledged the need to recognize them as our most important asset. Working day to day with Billy Peebles and his team was the proverbial "icing on the cake." Our school truly has visionary leadership.

I look forward to working with you to make this plan a reality!

Sincerely,
WILLIAM H. ROGERS, JR.
Chair, Strategic Planning Steering Committee




BEGINNING IN THE FALL OF 2004 and for the ensuing two years, The Lovett School Board of Trustees--alongside many other members of the school family--built a new Strategic Plan for Lovett. The process for developing the plan was comprehensive and engaging. I could not have been more impressed with the energy, seriousness of purpose, and devotion that our 150 participants gave to this important endeavor.

Our participants recognized from the moment we began constructing a new Strategic Plan that, together, we were helping to chart the next stage in Lovett's development. They also recognized that effective strategic planning must be thoughtful and honest if it is to lead to our becoming stronger as a school. Toward that goal, we did not spend a great deal of time in the planning process dwelling on the many accomplishments of our school, faculty, and students; rather, we looked intently at the areas we thought we could and should improve. And we engaged in this analysis with Lovett's enduring purpose of nurturing mind, body, and spirit always uppermost in mind. In other words, we worked diligently to make sure that our philosophy of serving the whole child was always the touchstone for our planning and for our ongoing work. This Strategic Plan also reflects our commitment to striving daily to be the best Lovett we can be. Ten guiding principles always informed our discussions during the planning process and, indeed, inform our work here literally everyday.

Our Strategic Plan calls upon us to make significant investments in support of our people, philosophy, and program in the coming years. These investments will serve to strengthen the resources we provide our faculty and students; will help us seek and retain the very best teachers and staff; will bolster our efforts to continue attracting outstanding students; and will enhance the quality of our facilities. Securing these important resources will take enormous effort and commitment on everyone's part. Needless to say, we all recognize that no important and worthwhile set of goals was ever reached easily.

Ultimately, strategic planning is a statement of faith in our community's future. We offer this Strategic Plan for 2007-2011 with great conviction and excitement about Lovett's future.

Sincerely,
WILLIAM S. PEEBLES IV
Headmaster

Strategic Plan 2000